Dr. Frede Thingstad

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Education
  • Ph.D., University of Bergen, Norway, 1987

Dr. Frede Thingstad is a Professor of Biology at the Universtiy of Bergen in Norway. His specialty is on marine microbiology. His work has facilitated the understanding of the role microbes play in the marine ecosystem, including microbial loop.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Thingstad has published the following:

Azam, F., T. Fenchel, J. G. Field, J. S. Gray, L. A. Meyer-Reil, and F. Thingstad. 1983. The ecological role of water column microbes in the sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 10: 257–263.

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